Daffodil International University
Faculties and Departments => Faculty Sections => Faculty Forum => Topic started by: Farhana Israt Jahan on October 08, 2013, 12:53:09 PM
-
Wearing tight belts may cause throat cancer
Wearing a belt which is too tight can increase the risk of developing throat cancer, especially in overweight people, a new study has warned.
Scottish experts claim that restriction around the waist, especially if someone is overweight, can allow stomach acid to move up into the gullet which can cause damage that increases risk of oesophageal cancer.
Doctors from Glasgow and Strathclyde universities and Southern General Hospital recruited 24 healthy volunteers with no history of acid reflux.
Half the volunteers had normal waist sizes while the rest were overweight. Each was asked to swallow a specially designed probe, which took a range of measurements both before and after each participant had eaten a meal, ‘The Daily Record’ reported.
Measurements were also taken while the volunteers were wearing a tight belt and without a belt. Researchers found that even in healthy volunteers, wearing a tight belt and being overweight caused a partial hiatus hernia and acid reflux.
Wearing a tight belt, especially if you are overweight, puts strain on the valve between the stomach and the gullet. This causes stomach acid to leak upwards into the gullet.
Unlike the stomach, which is designed to withstand this, the gullet is damaged by the acid. This causes heartburn and, in the longer term, possibly oesophageal cancer.
-
thanks for sharing. its useful.
-
excellent topics :D
-
effective to create awareness.